Involved Parents are Good Parents
Nov 5th, 2007 by Mark
So says the Washington Post. I say … duuuuh!
New Study Gives Hovering College Parents Extra Credit
Data from 24 colleges and universities gathered for the National Survey of Student Engagement show that students whose parents were very often in contact with them and frequently intervened on their behalf “reported higher levels of engagement and more frequent use of deep learning activities,” such as after-class discussions with professors, intensive writing exercises and independent research, than students with less-involved parents.
In other words, when parents do their jobs, kids are better off. The reverse would seem to be obvious: when parents let government do it, kids suffer.
No doubt this study will be criticized by all the liberals out there who think we are all rubes, and children in adults bodies.
Something along the lines of this:
The study found no evidence that helicopter parenting produces better grades. In fact, students with very-involved parents had lower grades than those whose parents were not so involved, but the authors suggest that “perhaps the reason some parents intervened was to support a student who was having academic difficulties.”
WaPo story illustrates my point.
They added that the study showed such intervention could be healthy. Barbara W. Williams, dean for special student services at Howard University, said she found that parents of students with disabilities were more apt to get involved in their college lives.
They couldn’t even write story in a neutral tone. Yes, too much to expect. The statement that “intervention could be healthy” can only be brought up if you believe it’s not. The paragraph seems to be making the connection between disabilities and intervention. Also not that the students they claim to need help, are those who are not scoring the highest grades. See the connection. The WaPo writer lets bias write the article. Typical.
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